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Mostly FairMostly fair. Low mid 60s.High Thursday mid 80s forBri-nham, Cuero, Gonzales,Yorktown, Yoakum.U. I. W*ath*» turiau fomasifor Cu«ro and 0*WiH CountyTiler afiln Center, lac•P. 0. Box 45IJ.36Dallas, Texas 7523!(&wB Kttaxb* A Newspaper Reflects Its CommunityWecfnescfay10‘VOL 74 NO. 235CUERO, TEXAS 77954, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 196816 PAGESfoTown Tali'B.‘ JACK HOWERTONRecord PublisherU Paul Eggers, Republican icandidate tor governor of Tex- >as, was running against « left jwing Ioernocrat' like Don Yar-borough, Henry Gonzales orRalph Yarborough The Record jwould , unquestionably endorseand support Mr. Eggers.Unfortunately for the Repu-blican party's effort, to capi-jt.dize on the low esteem most !Texans hold for candidates onthe national Democratic ticket,this fettling does not exist withregard to the Democratic partynominees for governor andmost other state offices,Paul Eggers without questionis a g*>d ami capable man but;so i> Preston Smith, the Demoeta!).' Candida eEggers is a sound thinkingconsciwetive So is PrestonSmith who has proved himselfsound and capable and honest jduring his mere than 18 years jof public service to the people'of Texas as State Represents-1tive. State Senator and Lieu-!tenant governorEggers is inexperienced inSlate government. Smith hasexperience and has demons trat-,ed he well stand up ami vote'for the democratic principals,in which he believes, and , in ‘Fortas RequestsBid WithdrawalWorld SeriesUnder WayIn St. LouisPOLICE CHIEF RICHARD HOGUE INVESTIGATES ACCIDENT... As Wrecker Prepares To Haul Taylor Car Away— Record Photo uy Floyd HendricksPollutionGets AiringCueroiteInjuredIn WreckA 61-year-old Cuero womanwas injured late Tuesday af-which his sup liters believe,when the chips an? down. By United Press international | local governments, and predict-We would have no objection ' GOP gubernatorial nominee ' w[ mat pollution might be curb-to Mr. Eggers serving Texas j Paul Eggers outlined a five-j^j j|veas ••governor hut the time is nit j point program Tuesday fortnow when the State Democrat- j curbing air and water pollution,k party has such a prmen ami and called public apathy the ------ -------7— - —~ j rho woman was identified asri. fu ndable conservative can-‘state s gteatest problem. (legislation to make pollution a ^ ji;unia THvk»r who wasdidate as Prestun Smith on !L■ Eggers and his Democratic criminal offense, Smith said:|‘ a sealn infcu-v and1968 ticket | opponent in tiie Nov. 5 general j “I never have believed put- j mu|„pie conclusionActually -there would be lit- j election, Lt. Gov, — •tie reason for two party poli- Smith, spake in Houston TUes* | problem . . . 1 «*« «•« , jn ^ ^ ^,ertics in Texas if it were not fir day.left wing liberals like Ralph* Smith predicted lie would winYarborough, Don/ Y arborough ; about 05 per cent of the voteHenry Gonzales, Hank Brown, j ami sard the "real issue" of hisMaury Maverick and the like, rare against Eggers is "he’sShould one of these socialistic j a»|t, trying to get in, and I’minclined liberals ever gam wm-t trying to do a good job.to six years. J ternoon In a two-car collision atIn response to a question ! Morgan Avenue and South Es-whether he supported proposed planade Street,legislation to make pollution acriminal offense,1 , * ^ f,, | multiple conclusion at Burns was souareiv on tviDson wnor* “ £” ** ! IM.Ital. (X lb. thn. Chiu™,! h.d . &» rclord IM,^, ,Sa Tues- problem ... I think there are , rwjjrij( in lhe car ^ her 1 — *>-- -* «-*■----*------- ■better way* to do it. ! grandson, WUiiert Douglas, wastziter Tuesday Smith said po-, oniy one hurt. He wasliticaJ compromise is a nere*. tn.ated tm minor injuri„ andsary part <»{ government and rpfoaa,^j Other children in theST. LOUIS, Mo. (UPD -Baseball’s "year of the pitcher"came down to a fitting climaxtoday when the two best, BobGibson of the St. Louis Cardin-als and Denny McLain of theDetroit Tigers, matched fire-balls in the opening game ofthe 1968 World Series.Amid forecasts that the first-game pitching duel might fore-tell the outcome of the wholeseries, a crowd of 54,575 wasexpected to fill glittering BuschMemorial Stadium on the banksof the Mississippi River for thestart of the game at lp.m., CDT.Oddsmakers have tabbed thedefending world ChampionCards 8-5 favorites to take theopening game. And, in line withthese forecasts, they quote theCards the same 8-5 picks to winthe whole series.The opening game spotlightwas squarely on Gibson, whoeven toe first threedoesn’t mean a thinggamesif youtrot of the Democratic party j yagers said "We mutt quitin Texas that will be the tone .hmktng the air is a free wastefor the Republicans to field a disposal system — we can’t justfull ticket and mow into state, thjxiw lt l)Ut and think it willoffices with the support of con- ^ awa>.«servaive Democrats and indt-j Smilh gai(j Ulc pollution prob-pendmt voters. 1 tem called for a "coordinatedAs far as our own vote l*; effort" by federal, state andconcerned we pian to supportail of the Democratic DeWittCounty nominees, and the en-tire Democratic state ticket, in- ieluding Representative New-!man. State Senator Patman.:but we cannot support Humph-jrey and his running mate for;president and vice president, jOur overwhelming first choice jM S5STS. <£ Pun,, P«S.exist *“* ’ “PC and Kick Goriest, sponsorednationally by Ford Motor Co.,and locally by Weber Motorthat control by toe "middlemajority" was preferable to con-trol by a police state or by will-ful minorities."The extremists who do notreally want to adjust tlieir dif-ferences have to be elbowedaway by the more conciliatorymajority in toe middle. Then abargain can be struck and pro-gress can be made," he said.Shelton McMathAfter ’Em AgainShelton McMath is going af- to be held Oct. 19, "come raintion day, that the liberals havemanaged to gather enough sup-port to make the Nixon-Hum-phrey race in Texas a eii>sf|one." aitho we Itke Mr.Wal* Shelton won in regionallace's program much tetter,we plan to vote for Mr. Nixon.Meeting CalledBy TPA PostThe regular quarterly meetingof Post M, Travelers ProtectiveAssociation of America, will beheld at 7:15 pm Thursday atthe American Legion Hall.Glvnn McWhorter, president,urged ail members to attend.contests last year, but k»t outin divisional competition inPhiladelphia. He said last yearj that he was going to try to winthat Miami trip tots year.So far, according to MikeWeber, who is In charge of toelocal competition, 39 young-sters have regiatere* for thecontest, with age groups eight,nine and 13 lacking in regis-trants. Weber said more en-tries are needed in those groupsSo that Cuero can field a fullslate in toe sone competition.or shine." The local contest isto be held Oct. 12. "come rainor shine” at the Old GobblerStadium, Weber said. Registra-tion closes Friday.The contest is open to boysfrom throughout DeWitt Coun-ty. and all they have to do toregister, Weber said, is bringtheir parent or guardian toWeber Motor Co. on GonzalesStreet in Cuero and sign up.Weber noted that the young-sters will be competing onlyaginst youngsters of their ownage. Each age group is a classby itself. Age groups run fromeight through 13 years."Ail the defending local cham-pions have registered for thisyear's competition," Weber(See McMATH, Page 16)car were Linda and TerenceDouglas. They were not Injur-ed.Stacey Hamed, 40, of Mey-ersville, was the occupant ofthe 1966 Oidsmobile which wastraveling north on Esplanade.Mrs. Taylor was going west ofMorgan in a 1953 Ford.Patrolman Octaviana Campossaid the accident was still un-der Investigation. Both carsreceived moderate damages.Marker HereNow OfficialThe Chisholm Trad historicalmarker on the DeWitt CountyCourthouse lawn has been de-signated as an Official Texas _Historical Marker, according to which was broken by ThorntonCommittee.The local granite marker hon-ors the beginning of the lowersection of the Old Chisholm Trailword received by Mrs. A. WSchaffner, chairman of the De-WTtt County Historical SurveyCommittee.Word was received In a let-ter from Truette Latimer ofAuatln, executive director of theTexas lute Historical SurveyChisholm, early area cattleman.The upper portion of the trailwas blazed by Jesse Chisholm(no relation to Thornton Chis-holm), a half-breed Indiantrader who died at hia tradingpost in what is now Oklahoma.The Cuero marker was paidfor by the Rawhide Riders, Townand Country Trail Rider*. SandHill Trail Riders, Indianola TrailRiders and Old Chisholm TrailDrivers Association, Inc.The marker is one of severalIn DeWitt County caUlogued ear-ner this year by Cuero BoyScout Mark Fetters.MARKleek atTrailthe laws af the DeWitt Gou-ty Oeartbonee. Mark made ahis year efHospitalCopiersDownedSAIGON (UPD — Communistgunners Tuesday shot downthree U S. helicopters carryingwounded soldiers and Marine*although the aircraft wereplainly marked with red cros-ses, U.S. military spokesmenreported today.One helicopter was a MarineCorps CH34 assigned to flywounded from the Thuong Duearea where a U S. Green Beret,Special Forces camp was inthe fifth day of a siege by aNorth Vietnamese division of7.000 men. A spokesman at DaNang said there were no Injur-ies.The other two helicopterswere U. S. Army medical eva-cuation helicopters flying woun-ded men 16 miles west of TamKy where a Communist forceof unknown size ambushed unitsof the 198th infantry Brigadeand wounded 28 Americana.A spokesman for the U.S.Military Assistance Commandsaid seven soldiers were woun-ded on one helicopter and threewere wounded on another. Anundisclosed number of wound-ed were believed k Jed in thecrashes but there was no offi-cial figure. One helicoptercrashed and burned, the otherwas recovered.North Vietnam we gunnersalso shot down an A4 Skyhawkacting as artillery spotter forthe battleship USS New Jersey,but they paid dearly for it. Themighty ship swung her 16 inchrifles from the target* she wasdevastating near toe Demilltaixteed Zone and blew the anti-aircraft batteries to pieces.The two pilots were rescuedas the United States chalked upits 902nd air lots of the warover the north. Two other A4Skyhawk* were lost apparently(See HOSPITAL* Page 1«)pitching the deciding victory inin 1967 scries against the RedSox, and McLain, whose 31-6record made him the first pitch-er in 34 years to win 30 gamesin a single season.And that seemed only properas the windup to a long baseballseason that included five no-hitgames and saw the pitchersdominate the hitters so com-pletely that the bats seemed tohave turned into toothpicks.Gibson and McLain both triedto lake some of the pressure offthemselves by pooh-poohing the’duel." Neither sounded veryconvincing."The only game that mattersin a series is the last one," saidGibson, who makes a specialityof winning last games in a ser-ies— he's done it twice."Winning the first game ordon’t win the war,” wasway McLain put it.But the contrast between thetwo flame-throwing righthand-ers dominated the pre-gamespeculation.Gibson, although owning few-er victories, came down to theclash in better physical shape.Unlike last season, when hecame back to series glory afterbreaking his leg during theregular season, the big manwith the overpowering fast ballsaid he is in top condition. "Inthe series last year," he said,"I felt like I was on ice skaes."But McLain was hurting — andright where it counts, in theshoulder behind his right pit-ching arm. The Tiger star in-sists the pain, which has bother-ed him for several months, isfrom a "tom” muscle, he Ti-ers’ management says the mus-cle isn’t tom, just strained.NINA HERMES is the newmanager of the Dairy Queenin Cuero, located at DO! N.Esplanade St. She has beena resident of Otero for 18year*, and Is the widow ofthe late Jake Hermes. SheUvea with her children, Cyn-thia, 16, and Morton, 10, at80S N. Terry St. Nina hasbeen working at the DairyQueen since it first openedand has been assistant ma-nager for a year. She saidthat she "wished to thankeveryone for their patron-age." She added, "It Is apleasure to serve you at theDairy Queen."ScrewwormsHit New HighJayceesChooseEd SagerThe Cuero Jaycees at theirweekly meeting Tuesday nightat Jaycee Hall elected Ed Sagersecond vice president to fill svacancy created by the resigna-tion of Jaycee President RalphTucker. Tucker is moving to LaGrange.First Vice President JerrySager then took over the reinsas president and David Perezmoved into the first vice presi-dency from the second vicepresident’s position. Also elec-ted was John Olivarri to thesecretary’s position. He will re-place Larry Hausmann, who isleaving Cuero to live near Lub-bock later this year.Cuero Police Chief spoke to(See JAYCEES, Page 16)The screwworm casesfirmed in DeWitt County roseone more Monday with the con-firmation of a case of the [testsin livestock owned by AJfredLeister, four miles south ofNordheim, according to Gil-bert Heideman, DeWitt Countyextension agricultural agent.The case brings to 10 thenumber confirmed in the coun-ty for September, and 106 forthe year.Across Texas record-break-ing fall screwworm buildupsare continuing with 239 casesconfirmed on Monday and an-other 103 cases recorded onTuesday. The two-day total of342 cases tops previous recordsset in 1962.“South Texas screwwormBonus DaysBack AgainCaere Bonus Days are backagain this month attar shighly successful ruu lustmonth after aa ahseues ofthree years.Bonus Days start the firstWednesday ef each —nth,tat the bargain prices thismnuth arc good Thursday,Friday and Saturday.Look Inside the (her* Re-cord for the Rod 9 gun re odedisplayed hyparticipatingSchool BoardWill DiscussBuilding JobConstruction of a new houseby a class in the Cuero HighSchool building trades depart-!ment will be considered Thurs-day night by toe Cuero Indeiien-dent School District Board of iTrustees as the Group meets jfor its October session at 7:30 |p.m. at the administration'building.The board is also slated toappoint a school medical con-sultant. consider authorizationof AASA convention attendance,consider personnel changes, con-sider changing of a bus routeand consider purchase of andsale of school busses.Various reports will be given.City, SchoolsSolid Tax BillsAnnual tax bills — both cityand school — went in the mailsyesterday.The city of CUero sent out3,900 tax bills at toe same taxrata and assessment rate aslast year.The school system prepared5,755 statements which wentout in 4.362 envelopes (someproperty owners awning moretitan one piece of property.*The school tax bills show a 15-cent Increase, reflecting theincrease voted in August by theBoard of Trustees.colv cases are booming, and heavyfall buildups also are beingconfirmed in the Hill Country,Edwanis Plateau area, andBig Bend and Trans-Pecos re-gions, where cases had startedto decline,” reports Dr. M. E.Meadows Jr., veterinarian incharge of field operations atthe Mision Screwworm Eradi-cation Laboratory."To make matters worse,much heavier buildups also areunderway in the five northernstates of Mexico. Chihuahuaand Giahuila — where casesalready were ranging from 10to 30 times greater than lastyear — are recording evenheavier infestations. So areNuevo Leon and Tamaulipas,and this means possible pro-blems of overwintering ahead,”Dr. Meadows added.He pointed out that Octoberand November have been theworst months for cases duringthe past several years, andpredicted that the next several| weeks will likely be worse than1 any infestation period up toj this point. ‘ We won’t be sur-prised to see 1.000 cases per(See SCREWWORM, Page 16)Johnson:AccedesTo PleaWASHINGTON (UPD - Ah*Fortas asked President John-son today to withdraw hismination to be chief justiceand Johnson promptly agreed todo so.Johnson, describing as tragiothe Senate filibuster that block-ed confirmation of Fortas, saidhe would consult "appropriateadvisers” before deciding whe-ther to recommend someoneelse as successor to Earl War-ren, who wants to retire aschief justice.Fortas said in a letter toJohnson that he was droppingout of consideration for thepost with the hope that hismove would "end destructiveand extreme assaults” on toeSupreme G>urt. He said hewould stay on as an associatejustice.In a statement made publicby the Supreme Court, less than24 hours after the Senate, by awide margin, refused to halt afilibuster aimed at blockingconfirmation of Fortas, the 58-year-old associate justice said:"I note the failure of themotion to end the filibuster inthe Senate with respect to mynomination as chief justice ofthe United States.”“The 1968 term of this courtbegins, according to law, onMonday, October 7. I will ofcourse, be participating in itswork as associate justice.The statement — actually acopy of a letter to Johnson —added: “In view of these circum-stances, I ask you to withdrawmy nomination as chief justice.”Supreme Court aides saidFortas wrote the letter to thePresident Tuesday afternoon —apparently just after the Senatevoted 45 to 43 to stop the fili-buster — 14 short of a two-thirds majority.The letter was typed thismorning and hand delivered byFortas’ personal secretary,Mrs. Gloria Dalton, to the WhiteHouse at 11:15 a.m. EDT.Fortas told Johnson in theletter: "Continued efforts tosecure confirmation of thenomination, even if ultimatelysuccessful, would result in acontinuation of the attacks uponthe court which have character-ized the filibuster — attackswhich have been sometimes ex-treme and entirely unrelated toresponsible criticism."Attacks of this sort would beespecially inappropriate andharmful to the court and thenation If they should continuewhile the court is in session,engaged in the adjudication ofissues of great importance tothe nation as well as the Utt-gan s."LETTER TO THE RECORDAppeal Is Voiced ForBums Station CemeteryEditor Record:After many years of neglect,some interest is being shownnow in our effort to get some-thing done about the old BurnsStation Centetery at Vcrhellc.There is no longer a fence andthe cemetery is overgrown withweeds, brush and small trees.Cattle are free to roam overthe graves. Many headstonesare broken or overturned andsome are missing.The cemetery is church pro-perty, since the original threeacre deed was for a MethodistChurch there many years ago;the first Methodist church inDeWitt Gxinty. Recently, theDistrict Board of Missions ofthe Methodist church sold spart of the three acres thathas never been under fence toOscar Pro bat, who owns thesurrounding pasture. Thisleaves the cemetery plot whichwas fenced until recent year*.The plot is about 1 1/3 acres,which has now been surveyedand staked so that a straightfence can be built on all tides.The church received 1400 forthe sale of the property, aftercost of transfer, deeds etc. waspaid. The committee has offer-ed to spend the {400 toward afence and getting the cemeterycleaned.Meanwhile, donations arecoming in from relative* ofones buried there. The dona-tions are in amounts of {5.00to {100, and a Bind has beesset up at Buchel National Bankin Cuero, as Burns Station Ce-metery Fund. This money winbe added to the church fund toget a substantial fence. Ourhopes are for a four foot cy-clone fence / of the heavierwire, with a double (Ms,(See APPEAL, Page 10):|S!• *